Ga. deputies disciplined for aggressive arrest

3 officers have been suspended and 1 other faces possible demotion for an incident their boss called "unacceptable"

By Nancy Badertscher
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — One DeKalb County sheriff's deputy faces possible demotion, and three others are being suspended after they were caught on video serving an arrest warrant in a manner that their boss labeled "totally unacceptable," it was announced Monday.

The home video, which went viral over' the Internet, shows deputies using unprofessional and abusive language as they attempted to serve a civil warrant at an Ellenwood home around 1:30 a.m. July 26, Sheriff Thomas Brown said.